GIGLI, GIROLAMO. - Writer, born at Siena on 14 Oct. 1660, died on 4 Jan. 1722 in Rome, where he had taken up residence in 1708 in order to escape the hostility of the Sienese cultural and ecclesiastical milieu.
A biting spirit, but certainly superficial, he wrote original comedies (such as La sorellina di Don Pilone) and theatrical adaptations from Racine, Molière, Montfleury, and Palaprat (such as I litiganti, Don Pilone, Le furberie di Scappino, La Scuola delle famciulle, I vizi correnti all'ultimo modo), pursuing aims of anticlerical satire. He published the works of S. Caterina da Siena, followed by a Vocabolario cateriniano (Lucca 1717), by which he sought to demonstrate the superiority of the Sienese vernacular over the Florentine.